Alter phrasing to clarify where info is stored.
A user on #matrix:matrix.org was confused by the phrasing of the first sentence in the paragraph and couldn't tell whether it was saying that the homeserver stored the data or the clients did. This change splits it into two sentences to make the subject of each sentence clear.
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generally help bootstrap the ecosystem.
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generally help bootstrap the ecosystem.
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In Matrix, every user runs one or more Matrix clients, which connect through to
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In Matrix, every user runs one or more Matrix clients, which connect through to
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a Matrix homeserver which stores all their personal chat history and user
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a Matrix homeserver. The homeserver stores all their personal chat history and
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account information - much as a mail client connects through to an IMAP/SMTP
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user account information - much as a mail client connects through to an
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server. Just like email, you can either run your own Matrix homeserver and
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IMAP/SMTP server. Just like email, you can either run your own Matrix
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control and own your own communications and history or use one hosted by
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homeserver and control and own your own communications and history or use one
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someone else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control or
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hosted by someone else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control
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mandatory service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts, etc.
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or mandatory service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts,
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etc.
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Synapse ships with two basic demo Matrix clients: webclient (a basic group chat
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Synapse ships with two basic demo Matrix clients: webclient (a basic group chat
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web client demo implemented in AngularJS) and cmdclient (a basic Python
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web client demo implemented in AngularJS) and cmdclient (a basic Python
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